Samra says: “Everywhere around the world we have scoured for a solution that would enable seamless guest registration as well as public safety information, and there was just nothing out there, so we thought, ‘why not build it ourselves?'”

Small adds: “We think Arrowtown is a great place to pilot this work with GuestHQ and presense.

“If we can get a high concentration of people and establishments using the same technology solution pushed to their mobile phones, it will mean locals and visitors will be better placed to get through this phase.”

He says presense uses state-of-the-art security and encryption.

“Our goal would be for presense and GuestHQ to connect with government technology solutions.”